AHSOWHAT

 

Since 1995                       The largest Cool/Col oriented newsletter in the world – God bless America                  ISSN 1522 4341

VOLUME 9  ISSUE 2                              DICK  “The Born Loser” COLBETH, Publisher                                 OCTOBER 2003

Vancouver, Washington 360-892-6944  CoolsCols@aol.com.   WWW.Colbeth.com/genealogy.  Circulation:150 folks       $10/yr

 

THE COLBATH FAMILY

 

O.K., I’ve been waiting for the right time to do this; and the moment and my mood have arrived. Bob, (a 9th generation) Coolbeth-McCoy compiled a heroic work on A History of the Colbath Family of New Hampshire a copy of which he gave to me circa 1997. It’s about 190 pages. I am going to attempt to reprint the whole thing. It will probably take me, at the rate of four pages a month…190 divided by 4 = lessee, let’s make it 120 pages.. that’s 30, right? 12 goes into 30… let me bring up my calculator…dang! What ever happened to the funny-looking division sign the little math teacher with the two major distractions bursting her blouse pounded into my head? It’s not on the keyboard or the calculator…O.K., I’ll wing it and guess it’ll take about 2 ˝  years to crank this puppy out. If you don’t want to wait until March of 2006 to find out “Zamperie” can be found on page 108 according to Bob’s Name Index, Bob might sell it to you for printing and postage and handling. E-mail him at Realmccoy927@aol.com or write to him at 2320 NE 134th Place, Portland, Oregon 97230-3040.

 

Hi Dick: I have no objections (to your printing my compilation) but at 2 pages an issue that is 90 issues that would be seven and one-half years.  I haven't had but just a few requests so I really doubt if there is enough interest to justify that type of paper. However the choice is yours. Robert "Bob" Coolbeth-McCoy.  Bob is a better mathematician than I but once I make up my mind…. So here goes:

 

Birthdays

Ralph Colbeth, Barton, Vermont

Arlene  Coolbeth,  Springfield,  Mass

Carmelita Coolbeth-Stephenson, Fairbanks, Alaska

 

Hi Dick, We are doing all right here, getting ready for winter. I hate to see it come but guess if I'm foolish enough to live here I have to put up with it and not complain. The leaves are beginning to turn and by this weekend the foliage will be at it's peak. In Vt. this is the best time of year. Lots of leaf peekers in the area from a lot of States. Hope all is well with you and Sandy Ernie & Bev Coolbeth, Lyndonville, Vermont

 

Dear Dick, I am going to physical therapy three times a week.  Working half a day.  Bruised ribs heal in good time, but can't be rushed. My air bag went off right in my face.  I have to go car hunting this weekend. Hope things are fine with you. Robin Coolbeth, Springfield, Massachusetts.

 

 

 

 

Bits by Bob “Coolbeth” McCoy

 

Dick Colbeth and I had coffee together this morning and he asked if I would consider doing a short piece every so often for the AhSoWhat.  As some of you know I have been doing genealogy research for about forty plus years.  In doing so you uncover some interesting bits of history. Here is the first of the articles he asked me to write.

My maternal grandmother was a Coolbeth. Colbath In the early 1830s Henry Colbath and his wife, Achsah Corse lived in Duxbury, Vt. They had nine children, Winthrop David b 1832, Daniel b 1834, Lucretia b. 1836, Serbia b. 1836, Henry b. 1837, Erastus b.1843,Ransom b.1844, Chloe b. 1949 and Mary b. 1850. Many of you have heard about Admiral Farragut and his famous statement “Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.” This was said when he captured Mobile Bay in Alabama during the Civil War.  What you may not know is that Union forces held every port from Pensacola to New Orleans and was able to stop much of the import/export traffic to and from the Confederate South. Several Vermont regiments were sent to the South to hold these forts.  At Pensacola there was Fort Pickens, one of the coast artillery forts guarding critical seaports.  It still stands today as a museum. One of the Vermont Regiments sent to Pensacola was the 7th VT Vol. Reg't.. Serving in that regiment were Winthrop in Company K and Daniel in Company E.  Winthrop was to die in Pensacola on 8 Jan 1863 of the fever and is buried in the Barranas National Cemetery that is located on the grounds of the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Daniel was discharged in 1864 and returned to Eden Mills, VT where he was a cooper in 1883-4.Erastus was a member of Co H.5th NH Infantry and returned to live out his life in Newport, VT. Ransom served with Company K, 8th Vermont Volunteers. He received an invalid’s pension for his service. He returned to reside in Vermont. Five sons and four of them served.  This might sound strange but per capita Vermont contributed more soldiers to the Civil War than any other state. Robert "Bob" McCoy 2320 NE 134th Place Portland, OR 97230. realmccoy927@aol.com

 

This newsletter may not be as well organized as usual. Getting Bob’s History of the Colbath Family of New Hampshire going was a real brain strain for me. Dick.

 

I was looking at someone’s records and came across the weirdest name I’d ever seen: Fnu Jones. Who would name their kid Fnu? And there were several generations of them in the same record! Perpetrating this name on generations of newborns… what a horrid thing to do! It wasn’t until I found someone named Fnu Mnu Jones that I understood. Duh! First Name Unknown. Bkenn156@aol.com

O  PERSONAL PROFILE O

 

No takers

 

Okaaaaayyy, In my monthly broadcast e-mail for Sept-ember I announced that the Presbyterian minister, Paul Hill, who had murdered an abortionist, was going to be executed the next day in Florida. I thought that would be of interest to the cousins, both pro-life & pro-abort. I was right: it was. Yeow. Cools/Cols are a feisty lot.

 

Dear Dick, I don’t agree with abortion in any form but I also don’t agree with murder for any reason. What this man did was not right for any reason so I guess he can get along without my prayers. Robert "Bob" Coolbeth-McCoy, Portland, Oregon

 

The pro-life letters basically echoed what Bob said; I didn’t print the three anti positions because the writers weren’t subscribers and their opinions were inflammatory and inaccurate. Dick

 

You Know You’re Getting Marvelously Mature When…. You sink your teeth into a steak – and they stay there. Thanks to Ruth “Forever Young” Coolbeth-Jones, Hillsboro, N.H.

 

 

HI everyone, I am Betty Colbath-Hamilton's daughter, Lorna. She wanted me to write you all that she is in the hospital all this week in Waterville,Maine. She has to be started on heparin and then on Friday she has to be taken by ambulance to Augusta,Maine Hospital to have a heart Cath. When she has then echocardiogram a week ago the Dr found that her aorta is tightening so he wanted to see what was causing it. We are praying that she will not have to have another heart surgery. I will keep you all updated when i know more.

  Her room number is 226 and the phone number to the hospital is 207-872-1108. I’m sure she would enjoy hearing you all. Lorna Leighton, Filly5963@aol.com.

 

 

Random Observations: If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal? Thanks to Deb Colbeth-Nilssen, League City, Texas.

 

No Nursing Home for Me!

With the average cost for a Nursing Home per day reaching $188.00, there is a better way when we get old & feeble. I have ascertained that I can get a nice room at the Holiday Inn for around $65.00... that leaves $123.00 a day for beer, food (room service), laundry, gratuities and special TV movies. They have a swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge, washer, dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. Super 8 is somewhat more economical and they have a free breakfast, though you usually have to walk next door for lunch and dinner. There may be a bit of a wait to get that first floor room, but that's OK, it takes months to get into decent nursing homes. There is the Senior Bus, the Handicap bus (if you fake a decent limp), a Church bus or van, cabs, and even a regular bus. For a change of lunch take the Airport Bus and eat at one of the fast food cafe's there. The Inn has security, and if someone sees you drop over, they will call an ambulance. And should you break a hip, the American Way is to sue. What more can you ask for? As a bonus, they all have AARP and other Senior discounts. So: When I reach the Golden age help me keep my grin Just check my old rickety ass into the nearest Holiday Inn!

Old Web Sites-useful if you’re searching for a Colbeth maybe, sometimes.

WWW.PRINCIPIAPRODUCTS.COM/FORUM/MESSAGES/584.HTM  Ed Colbeth

NEWS.CNET.COM/NEWS/0-1005-200-338418.HTML Doug “Spyglass” Colbeth took medical leave (1991) for cardiac problems. Years after the fact, but send him a get well anyway to Spyglass.com. Maybe he’ll come down out of his ivory tower and actually say something to the little people. If he does respond, let me know.

 

by Kelly Haggart After the Three Gorges reservoir was filled in June to its initial height of 135 metres above sea level, a lively discussion on an official Chinese Web site highlighted an issue with potentially huge implications for resettlement and public safety that appears to have confused even the experts. When the reservoir is filled to its final height in 2009, will it be a flat body of water, measuring 175 metres above sea level all the way from the dam upriver to its tail 660 kilometres away near the major city of Chongqing? Or will the reservoir still possess some of the slope that is characteristic of the Yangtze River in its natural state as it flows down from the Himalayas to the East China Sea, and be significantly higher than 175 metres above sea level by the time its backwater approaches Chongqing?

 

Dear Dick, I am doing fine -busy as usual.  I am starting to teach Master's classes for the University of Phoenix.  In addition, I am still President of the local teacher's union and Coordinator of Special Olympics for my county.  I guess this is what keeps me off the streets and out of the Bingo parlors.  My kids are all doing great - Michelle is teaching in Clewiston, Fl and Michael is driving truck in Lakeland.  I did get to go to New England this summer and had a great time seeing everyone.  Got to see my Aunt Ruth Jones in Hillsboro and a pile of cousins I had not seen since I was a little girl.  They had a reunion for the Emery side of the family but it was too late in the summer and I had to be back for school.  Spent some time in New York City and Washington with my 10 year old grandson and it was lots of fun, but hot and expensive. TTYL, Cuz Nat Coolbeth - Whalen, Perry, Florida

 

 

"If a thousand old beliefs were ruined in our march to truth we must still march on."  Rupert Brooke was an English poet during WWI.

 

This newsletter is totally discombobulated but I’m tired of foolin’ with it; it’s already October 6th – I’ll let it fly like it is and see if I can pick up the loose ends next month.

 

 

pOCTOBER AHSOWHAT PAGE 2 Directions To Our Fathers House

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Make a Right onto Believeth Blvd.

Keep straight and go through the Green Light, which is Jesus Christ.

Turn onto the Bridge of Faith, which is over troubled water.

Once off the bridge, make a Right turn and Keep Straight.

You are on the King's Highway - Heaven-bound.

Keep going for three miles: One for the Father, One for the Son, and One for the Holy Ghost.

Then exit off onto Grace Blvd.

From there, make a Right turn on Gospel Lane.

Keep Straight and then make another Right on Prayer Rd.

As you go on your way, Yield Not to the traffic on Temptation Ave.

Also, avoid Sin Street because it is a DEAD END.

Pass up Envy Drive, and Hate Avenue.

Also, pass Hypocrisy Street & Backbiting Blvd.

However, you have to go down Long-suffering Lane,

Persecution Blvd. and Trials and Tribulations Ave.

But that's all right, because Victory St. is straight ahead!

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When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:

“Heavenly Father, we come before You today to ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your direction and Your guidance.

We know Your Word says, “ Woe to those who call evil good”, but that is exactly what we have done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We confess that.

We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word… and called it Pluralism.

We have exploited the poor… and called it the lottery.

We have killed our unborn… and called it choice.

We have neglected to discipline our children… and called it building self-esteem.

We have abused power… and called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions… and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography… and called it freedom of expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers… and called it enlightenment.

Search us, oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.

Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent to direct us to the center of Your will and to openly ask these things in the Name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen!”

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In six short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea.

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, “The Rest of the Story”, and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.

With the Lord’s help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called, “One Nation Under God”.

 

If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.

Federal Judge Makes It Official -- America Now an Atheist Nation. Special commentary from AFA chairman Don Wildmon

The issue isn't a granite stone with the Ten Command-ments inscribed on it. Never has been. The issue is much more diverse and important than a piece of stone. The issue was best stated by none other than Federal Judge Myron Thompson, who said that the display of the stone containing the Ten Commandments (which also contains a host of other historical documents) is illegal. Thompson said the central, most important issue was this: "Can the state acknowledge God? "After asking the question, he went on to answer it. "No." That is the issue. Lest we fail to understand what has occurred here, let me explain. A single, lower-court federal judge has bluntly told every American that America is now officially an atheist nation. In one swift stroke of the pen, Judge Thompson tossed out over 225 years of American history and law. In one swift stroke of the pen, he has instituted a new form of law based on what he wants it to be. Rex has become lex. He wears a black robe and he says he is the law. Go back and read the First Amendment, the one Judge Thompson destroyed in the name of preserving it. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion," the First Amendment says. Congress has passed no law establishing religion. But what Congress refused to do, indeed because Congress refused to do it, Judge Thompson did. He instituted as the law of the land the religion of atheism, which says there is no God. Not only did Judge Thompson usurp the power of Congress, he also took away the rights of every individual and state. The second half of the establishment clause of the First Amendment reads: "... or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." This is precisely what one lower federal judge has done. He told Americans who disagree with his official state religion of atheism that he can and will prohibit the free exercise of their religion -- unless, of course, that religion is atheism. He stripped both Congress and the people of their rights. He set himself above the law because he considers himself to be the law. From this day forward, our entire judicial system must be based on the religion of atheism. Follow that to its logical conclusion. In the future there will be no frame of reference from which to decide law. Law will become what any person wearing a black robe and sitting in court desires it to be. The First Amendment has been ripped apart in the name of upholding it. Orwell's 1984 has arrived. No, you will not notice any drastic changes immediately. There is still a remnant left in the hearts and minds of the current citizenry. But when that remnant dies out, those who come after us will see a big difference. The state will become intolerant of any religion other than atheism. That, of course, will come into conflict with people of conscience whose religion differs from that of the state. That is when the persecution, quite legal I might add, will start. It was the atheist Santayana who said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. "Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote: "The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please. "Indeed, Santayana and Jefferson were right. TAKE ACTION:

Go to www.stopliberaljudges.com to learn more.

Contact your two senators and ask them to co-sponsor the Religious Liberties Restoration Act.

OCTOBER AHSOWHAT PAGE 5 Notice.

 

Any genealogist will state that the information contained herein is as accurate as possible.  Are there some mistakes? Probably, but the compilation is my best attempt to record what I found. I hope that it will be of value to you. The numbers in front of the names are the RIN (Record Identification Number) as they appear in my files.

Bob “Coolbeth” McCoy, Portland, Oregon

 

P.S. Notice

 

And in the process of crunching it to fit the newsletter, I may have goofed up as well. Sorry. Let me know and I’ll try to fix it. Sorry about the tiny font 8, but we have a ton of materiel to go through here; I would like to finish up before the Galbraith’s discover what we’re doing, demand to be first and Bob has to start all over again. So dig out your magnifying glass, you’ll be all right.

Dick “Ahsowhat” Colbeth, Vancouver, Washington

 

Contents

Descendants of Colbath                                                                                  -1-

 

FIRST GENERATION                                                                                  -1-

SECOND GENERATION                                                                             -2-

THIRD GENERATION                                                                                  -3-

FOURTH GENERATION                                                                              -8-

FIFTH GENERATION                                                                                  -19-

SIXTH GENERATION                                                                                  -29-

SEVENTH GENERATION                                                                            -44-

EIGHTH GENERATION                                                                               -62-

NINTH GENERATION                                                                                  -84-

TENTH GENERATION                                                                                 -102-

ELEVENTH GENERATION                                                                          -123-

TWELFTH GENERATION                                                                            -137-

THIRTEENTH GENERATION                                                                       -140-

 

Name Index                                                                                                  -141-

 

FIRST GENERATION

 

(561) Colbath was born about 1675, and married spouse unknown.

  Children:

          563 +   George Colbath, Sr.                                                                    b.c                            1695   d.a                            1738

          562 +   John Coolbroth                                                                           b.c                            1700   d.

        7213 +   Benjamin Coolbroth                                                                     b.c                            1750   d.                   27 Jun 1823

 

SECOND GENERATION

 

(563) George Colbath, Sr., son of Colbath, was born about 1695 at Ire., Ulster, Ireland, and married (564) Mary Pitman who was born about 1700.  George died after 1738. 

 

Notes for George Colbath, Sr.:

!George was a taxpayer in Portsmouth, NH in 1727 and on 30 Jul 1730 bought land in Newington, NH from William and Abigail Cotton. Sold land in Newington, NH to his son, Joseph, on 14 April 1752. George Jr. was granted administration of his estate on 13 Aug 1738. See Mass. Geneology page 2454.

 

Notes for Mary Pitman:!Was the wife of George Colbath at the time of baptism.

 

Children:

          565 +   George Colbath, Jr.                                                                    b.c                            1712   d.a                            1790

        9691 +   James Colbath                                                                            b.                               1715   d.b                            1800

        7853 +   Benjamin Colbath                                                                        b.                 1723 or 172+   d.                   20 Mar 1778

          567 +   Pitman Colbath                                                                            b.                     4 Feb 1728   d.a                            1790

          568 +   William Colbath                                                                            b.b                   4 Feb 1728   d.

          569 +   Joseph Colbath                                                                           c.                     4 Feb 1728   d.

          571 +   Susannah Colbath                                                                      c.                     4 Feb 1728   d.

          572 +   Mehitable Colbath                                                                       c.                     4 Feb 1728   d.

 

(562) John Coolbroth, son of Colbath, was born about 1700, and on 17 Oct 1732 at Scarborough, Cumberland Co., ME, married (7079) Sarah Harmon who was born about 1700. 

 

Note for John Coolbroth:!Listed as a taxpayer in Portsmouth NH in 1727.

 

Children:

        7080 +   George Coolbroth                                                                       b.c                            1735   d.

        7187 +   Ebenezer Coolbroth                                                                    b.                                          d.

        7225 +   Daniel Coolbroth                                                                         b.                 1759 or 176+   d.                  13 Nov 1838

        7226 +   Samuel Coolbroth                                                                       b.c                            1762   d.

 

(7213) Benjamin Coolbroth, son of Colbath, was born about 1750, and married spouse unknown.  Benjamin died on 27 Jun 1823.

  Children:

        7216 +   Benjamin Coolbroth                                                                     b.c                            1775   d.                               1827

 

THIRD GENERATION

 

(565) George Colbath, Jr., son of George Colbath, Sr. and Mary Pitman, was born about 1712 at Newington, Rockingham, N.H., and on 28 Nov 1734 at Newington, Rockingham, N.H., married (7390) Elizabeth Hoyt, daughter of William Hoyt and Elizabeth Haley, who was born about 1714 at Of Newington, Rockingham Co., NH.  George died after 1790. 

 

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Notes for George Colbath, Jr.:Son George was made administrator of his father George's estate on 13 Aug 1738. Could this George be the one who on 28 Nov 1734 married Elizabeth Hoitt in Dover, NH. Rev Jos, Adams presiding. See LDS film 0015557.

 

Children:

        7389 +   George Colbath                                                                          b.                  13 Aug 1738   d.

        7608 +   Lemuel Coolbroth                                                                        b.b                 19 Oct 1735   d.

 

(9691) James Colbath, son of George Colbath, Sr. and Mary Pitman, was born in 1715 at Newington, Rockingham, N.H., and about 1738, married (573) Olive W. Leighton, daughter of Thomas Leighton and Deborah (bunker), who was born in 1720 at Newington, Rockingham Co., NH.  James died before 1800 at Middleton, Strafford, N.H. buried at Colbath Farm, Middleton, Strafford Co., NH.  Olive W. died before 1800 at Middleton, Strafford Co., NH and was buried before 1800 at Colbath Farm, Middleton, Strafford Co., NH. 

 

Notes for James Colbath:

This could be the James Colebroth who in 1749 when to Barnstead to run boundary lines and to view the first church. Was selectman of Barnstead, NH 1745,46,47 and 48. He also had a son Winthrop but there shouldn't be any conflict as James and his family eventually moved to Farmington, NH. in 1784‑85 and later to Middleton, NH. Actual settlement of Barnstead didn't take place until about 1769. James appears in the VRs of Newington, NH from 1741‑1750. He was hayward in 1741, 1744 and 1749/50. He was surveyor of roads in 1743 and 1745. His is recorded as tythingman in 1742.

 

Note for Olive W. Leighton:

!See "A Leighton Geneology" by Perley M. Leighton, N.E. Historical Society Boston, 1989.

 

Children:

          574 +   Leighton Colbath                                                                         b.                    3 Nov 1739   d.                               1830

          576 +   Hunking Colbath                                                                          b.                 17 Feb 1743+   d.                   28 Jan 1825

          577 +   Deborah Colbath                                                                         b.b                   9 Oct 1745   d.

          578 +   Keziah Colbath                                                                           b.c                            1747   d.

        7300 +   Winthrop Colbath                                                                        b.                   18 Mar 1751   d.a                            1830

          583 +   Dependence Colbath                                                                  b.                               1748   d.                    26 Jul 1840

          579 +   Amy Colbath                                                                               b.b                    9 Jul 1758   d.

          580 +   Benning Colbath                                                                         b.                  28 May 1762   d.                  21 Sep 1824

 

(7853) Benjamin Colbath, son of George Colbath, Sr. and Mary Pitman, was born in 1723 or 1725 at Newington, Rockingham Co., NH, and about 1747, married (7854) Sarah W. (Downing).  Benjamin died on 20 Mar 1778.  Sarah W. was married to Joseph Edgerly. 

 

Notes for Benjamin Colbath:

!Served with Col. Samuel Moore in the siege of Louisburg in Nova Scotia in 1745. In Jan 1748/48 Benjamin Colbath is listed as a dissenter to a town meeting held in Newington. See LDS film 0015248. He was one of the original proprietors of Barnstead, NH. Many of these meetings actually took place in Newington, NH. One account lists Benjamin as a Major and it appears he was very active in town business. Came to Barnstead in 1767 to see Richard Sinklers sawmill. On 29 Mar 1768 at the annual meeting of Barnstead in Newington he was elected selectman and it was voted " That Mr. Benjamin Colbath have liberty to choose a lot in the second division of lands in the township of Barnstead, he giving sufficient bond to settle and improve in one year from this date. Withleave to take or choose any lot not drawn already." He is listed as the proprietors clerk on 20 Mar 1769 and was allocated lot #53 2nd division in 1773. On 4 July 1772 in Newington he was choosen part of a committee to sell at public venure so much of the common lands of Barnstead. On 17 Sep 1772, Benjamin Colbath buys lots 3,4,5 and 6 on the Province road from Richard Downing. Owned a sawmill on outlet to Wild Goose Pond in 1770 and in 1769 was in charge of town lumbers and meadows. In this history of Durham, NH 1773, he is listed as selectman. The following from Vol 14,15,16 of NH state papers Rev. War Papers. Enlisted in CPT Benj. Titcomb's Co. 21 Jun 1777 and gave age as 48 yrs. He received a 20 lb bounty. Some sources say he served with Col Nathan Hale. Reference is made in the History of Barnstead to Major Benjamin Colbath. Some accounts put the time of death at 17 Mar 1778 while on active duty. This would agree with the following. Winthrop Colbath is named the administrator of his estate on 12/9/78. Source "Abstracts of Probate records of Strafford County,NH 1771‑1799. Helen F. Evans Editor, The Bibliographer, 270 Back River Rd, Bedford, NH 03102. Winthrop was classed Yeoman of Epping, Rockingham Co, NH. On 11 Jan 1779 an inventory of his estate is filed with the County Probate Court Judge, Ichabod Rollins. Cited in the inventory are the properties mentioned above and interest in a saw mill. Winthrop Colbath is again cited as the administrator of the estate. This document can be found in Volume 1, page 351 of the Strafford County Probate Records. On 14 Feb 1780 the town of Durham was paid 24.11.6 1/2 for the family of Benj. Colbath. On same day widow Sarah Colbath was paid 67.10.0 by the town of Durham.

What follows is the text of a deed from the Barnstead VRs. "Know all men by those presents that I, Winthrop Colbath of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford and the State of New Hampshire, Blacksmith‑‑‑‑‑‑For and in consideration of the sum of TwentySeven Spanish

milled Dollars, to me in hand, paid before the delivery here by the Proprietors of Barnstead in said State, the receipt whereof I do here-by acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and released and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell and release, convey and confirm to them the said proprietors of Barnstead, their heirs and assigns forever the whole of the land which Chicherton, now Pittsfield, taken off Lot Number fifty‑three, In the Second Division of Lots in said town of Barnstead it being twenty seven acres

being the same more or less‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Seal this Eighteeth Day of August ann Domini 1783 Signed Sealed and Delivered (signed) Winthrop Colbath" Notice this is the same land allocated to Benjamin Colbath above In 1773. One should observe that Wild Goose Pond is now in Pittsfield. Benjamin Colbath operated a mill near the outlet to Wild Goose Pond (see above). Could this be the same land. Given this deed and the fact that Winthrop Colbath was the administrator of Benjamin's estate together with the fact that another of Benjamin's sons, Downing, buys property for Winthrop's widow and family to live on, one is led to conclude that Winthrop is Benjamin's son. In every reference to Benjamin in Revolutionary War records there is immediately behind his name is the name of "Dan" a negro man. Other records show that Benjamin held one male slave. Could it have been "Dan"?

 

Notes for Sarah W. (Downing):!CENSUS: Sarah appears in the 1790 US Census as a resident of Durham 0‑0‑2 In the Records of the Council of NH viii 89.

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Children:

          575 +   Dependence Colbath                                                                  b.                   17 Feb 1743   d.                    26 Jul 1840

          524 +   Winthrop Colbath                                                                        b.c                            1755   d.b                 29 Oct 1827

          582 +   Downing Colbath                                                                        b.                 1759 or 176+   d.

        7602 +   Elizabeth Colbath                                                                        b.                                          d.

 

(567) Pitman Colbath, son of George Colbath, Sr. and Mary Pitman, was born 4 Feb 1728 at Newington, Rockingham Co., NH, and at Newington, Rockingham, N.H., married (7598) Jane Hodgdon, daughter of John Hodgdon and Mary Decker, who was born before 22 Feb 1730 at Newington, Rockingham, N.H..  Pitman died after 1790. 

 

  Children:

        7882 +   Mary Colbath                                                                              b.b                  5 May 1754   d.

        7883 +   Elizabeth Colbath                                                                        b.b                  5 May 1754   d.b                            1763

          581 +   John Colbath                                                                               b.                               1754   d.                               1861

        7599     Colbath                                                                                       c.                     3 Oct 1756   d.

        7600 +   George Colbath                                                                          b.b                 22 Mar 1761   d.

        7601 +   Elizabeth Colbath                                                                        b.b                13 Nov 1763   d.

        7603 +   William Colbath                                                                            b.b                21 Aug 1768   d.

        7604 +   Mary Colbath                                                                              b.b                   7 Jun 1772   d.

        9767 +   Miss. Colbath                                                                              b.b                   3 Oct 1756   d.

        9770 +   John Colbath                                                                               b.b                  20 Jul 1766   d.

 

(568) William Colbath, son of George Colbath, Sr. and Mary Pitman, was born before 4 Feb 1728 at Newington, Rockingham, N.H., and married spouse unknown.

 

(569) Joseph Colbath, son of George Colbath, Sr. and Mary Pitman, was christened 4 Feb 1728 at Newington, Rockingham Co., NH, married  (9742) Mary. 

 

Notes for Joseph Colbath:

!Served with Col Samuel Moore in the siege of Louisburg in 1745. Joseph spelled his name Colebath and bought land from his father in Newington, Rockingham Co, NH on 14 Apr 1752. Joseph appears in the Vital Records of Newington on 27 Mar 1758 when he was elected enforcer of the deer acres. Joseph was still in NH in 1771 and 1780.Joseph appears on the Patriots list NPN 1776 Newington, Rockingham, NH as a Corporal. He rec'd a pension of $24.00 from NH. 1790 US Census shows him in Newington, Rockingham Co, NH with 2‑1‑2. 1800 US Census shows him in Newington, Rockingham Co, NH with 10001‑00001‑00 1810 US Census shows him in Newington, Rockingham Co, NH page 168. Spells his name Colebath On 29 Mar 1781 he was elected auditor and on 25 Nov 1782 he was elected to a committee to look at the form of the new state gov't. Source: LDS file 0015248.

 

(571) Susannah Colbath, daughter of George Colbath, Sr. and Mary Pitman, was christened 4 Feb 1728 at Newington, Rockingham Co., NH, married on 1 Oct 1730 at Newington, Rockingham, N.H.  (9865) Thomas Follett. 

 

  Children:

        9866 +   Thomas Follett                                                                            b.b                19 Nov 1732   d.

 

She also married on 10 May 1739, (9867) Joseph Rollins.

 

  Children:

        9868 +   Mary Rollins                                                                                b.c                            1739   d.

        9869 +   Valentine Rollins                                                                         b.                               1739   d.

        9870 +   Joseph Rollins                                                                            b.                               1742   d.

 

(572) Mehitable Colbath, daughter of George Colbath, Sr. and Mary Pitman, was christened 4 Feb 1728 at Newington, Rockingham Co., NH, married in Mar 1818 at Durham, Strafford Co., NH  (3819) Nathaniel Burnham. 

 

  Children:

        8073 +   Susannah Burnham                                                                    b.                               1741   d.

        8074 +   Joseph Burnham                                                                        b.                  11 Nov 1744   d.                   22 Apr 1818

        8075 +   Enoch Burnham                                                                          b.                     7 Oct 1746   d.                  11 Sep 1819

      8076 + Amos Burnham                                                                                 b.b                   7 Oct 1746   d.

        8077     Burnham                                                                                     c.                       Aug 1750   d.

        8078 +   James Burnham                                                                          b.                   13 Jun 1754   d.                   17 Jun 1848

        8079 +   Dudley Burnham                                                                         b.                  15 Aug 1762   d.                   29 Apr 1826

        9876 +   Child Burnham                                                                            b.a                26 Aug 1750   d.

 

(7080) George Coolbroth, son of John Coolbroth and Sarah Harmon, was born about 1735, and in 1762 at Scarborough, Cumberland Co., ME, married (7081) Rebecca Milliken, daughter of Edward Milliken, Squire, who was born 14 Nov 1741.  Rebecca died after 1841. 

 

Notes for George Coolbroth:! 1790 US Census Scarborough ME 2‑3‑3.

 

Children:

        7082 +   Samuel Coolbroth                                                                       b.                  14 Aug 1763   d.

        7084 +   Abigail Coolbroth                                                                        b.                   15 Feb 1767   d.

        7085 +   Lemuel Coolbroth                                                                        b.                  16 Sep 1769   d.a                            1850

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        7086 +   George Coolbroth                                                                       b.                    7 Sep 1771   d.

        7087 +   Rebecca Coolbroth                                                                     b.                  10 Dec 1773   d.

        7088 +   Mulberry Coolbroth                                                                     b.                   17 Jan 1776   d.

        7090 +   Joseph Coolbroth                                                                       b.                  21 Dec 1780   d.

        7091 +   Benjamin Coolbroth                                                                     b.                    6 May 1783   d.

        7092 +   Sally Coolbroth                                                                           b.                    7 May 1787   d.

 

(7187) Ebenezer Coolbroth, son of John Coolbroth and Sarah Harmon, married  (7188) Mehitable. 

 

  Children:

        7215 +   Ebenezer Coolbroth                                                                    b.c                            1784   d.

        7189 +   Jonathan Coolbroth                                                                    c.                    8 Nov 1799   d.

        7106 +   Joseph Coolbroth                                                                       b.                                          d.

 

(7225) Daniel Coolbroth, son of John Coolbroth and Sarah Harmon, was born in 1759 or 1760 at Scarboro, Cumberland, ME, and on 18 Dec 1782 at Scarborough, Cumberland Co., ME, married (7227) Elizabeth Harmon, daughter of James Harmon and Elizabeth Small, who was born 28 Nov 1764 at of Buxton, York, ME.  Daniel died on 13 Nov 1838.  Elizabeth died on 20 Nov 1764. 

 

Notes for Daniel Coolbroth:!1790 US Census 1‑1‑3 Scarborough, ME.

 

Children:

        7228 +   Elizabeth Coolbroth                                                                     b.                   12 Feb 1784   d.

        7229 +   James Coolbroth                                                                         b.                     5 Apr 1786   d.

        7230 +   Sarah Coolbroth                                                                         b.                   22 Jun 1788   d.

        7231 +   Nancy Coolbroth                                                                         b.                  12 Dec 1791   d.

        7232 +   Benjamin Coolbroth                                                                     b.                   19 Jan 1795   d.                   14 Jun 1795

        7233 +   Asa Coolbroth                                                                            b.                   16 Jun 1798   d.

        7234 +   Levi Coolbroth                                                                            b.                   31 Oct 1801   d.                         Jul 1802

        7236 +   Dorcas Coolbroth                                                                       b.                  30 Sep 1804   d.

        7235 +   Abigail Coolbroth                                                                        b.                     4 Feb 1806   d.

        7237 +   Samuel Coolbroth                                                                       b.                   24 Apr 1809   d.

 

(7226) Samuel Coolbroth, son of John Coolbroth and Sarah Harmon, was born about 1762, and married (7239) Betsey Marr who was born in 1762 at Scarborough, Cumberland Co., ME.  Betsey died on 20 Feb 1847 at Buxton, York Co., ME. 

 

  Children:

        7240 +   Isaac Coolbroth                                                                          b.                    1 Dec 1788   d.                    27 Jul 1866

        7241 +   John W. Coolbroth                                                                      b.                     3 Oct 1790   d.                  26 Dec 1823

        7242 +   Eliza Coolbroth                                                                            b.                     8 Oct 1792   d.                   15 Jan 1870

        7243 +   Susanna Coolbroth                                                                     b.                  17 Aug 1794   d.                     6 Oct 1871

        7244 +   Dennis Coolbroth                                                                        b.                    2 Sep 1796   d.                   19 Feb 1877

        7245 +   Levi Coolbroth                                                                            b.                   26 Feb 1798   d.                  10 Aug 1798

        7246 +   Pelatiah Coolbroth                                                                       b.                  21 May 1800   d.c                            1888

        7247 +   Ann B. Coolbroth                                                                        b.                    2 Aug 1804   d.

 

(7216) Benjamin Coolbroth, son of Benjamin Coolbroth, was born about 1775, and on 7 Oct 1794, married (7217) Elizabeth Fenderson who was born about 1775.  Benjamin died in 1827 at Buxton, York Co., ME. 

 

  Children:

        7218 +   Royal Coolbroth                                                                          b.                    8 May 1800   d.

        7219 +   Ivory Coolbroth                                                                           b.                    7 Nov 1803   d.

 

FOURTH GENERATION

 

(7389) George Colbath, son of George Colbath, Jr. and Elizabeth Hoyt, was born 13 Aug 1738 at Dover, Strafford Co., NH. 

 

Notes for George Colbath:!See LDS IGI for birth information.

 

(7608) Lemuel Coolbroth, son of George Colbath, Jr. and Elizabeth Hoyt, was born before 19 Oct 1735 at Newington, Rockingham, N.H.. 

 

(574) Leighton Colbath, son of James Colbath and Olive W. Leighton, was born 3 Nov 1739 at Newington, Rockingham Co., NH, and on 3 Dec 1761 at Newington, Rockingham Co., NH, married (6772) Deborah Leighton, daughter of Thomas Leighton and Mary Smithson, who was born 28 Oct 1743 at Newington, Rockingham, N.H..  Leighton died in 1830 at Exeter, Penobscot, Me..  Deborah died on 23 Mar 1819 at Mt. Vernon, Kennebec, Me.. 

Notes for Leighton Colbath:!Served as a Private in Revolution. Rec'd $48 pension from Mass. Marriage information is on LDS film 0015557.

  Children:

        9426 +   James S. Colbath, Sr.                                                                 b.c                            1774   d.

        7881 +   Lemuel Colbath, Sr.                                                                    b.b                 10 Oct 1762   d.                               1833

        9425     Mary Colbath                                                                              b.c                            1778   d.

        9423 +   Olive Colbath                                                                              b.c                            1770   d.b                            1792

        9665 +   John S. Colbath                                                                          b.                    8 Aug 1784   d.                  28 May 1864

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How To Wipe Out Homelessness: Toss your pennies on the sidewalk – not in the street; we don’t want to wipe out the homeless - when you leave a store, restaurant, whatever. Figure about 5 cents a day for 300 or so times a year - $15. Big deal; your one meal out probably cost that much. If everybody did that and if we could get the rich people to leave them to hell alone, I think it would go a long way toward helping the hurting. I’ve been doing it for years; it’s cool to see how a fist fight can break out when two or more people spot one at the same time.. And every once in a while I’ll beat an old lady to a dime so it evens out.

 

Conan the Republican: “I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.” Arnold  Schwarzenegger. Shoot, I’d vote for the man for that quote alone. My marriage is gay – just ask Sandy, she’ll tell you.

 

A word-hunting we will go… A “fud” is a rabbit’s butt. A “dude” is a pimple on an elephant’s butt. ”Dick” always on his butt..

 

Post Office: Has started putting images on some stamps that can only be seen using a special stamp decoder you can purchase through them for $4.95. The only stamp I’ve found so far that it works on is the Houdini stamp. I managed to get 20 of these and will put them on the first 20 newsletters I stamp. If you lay the stamp flat with the encoder flat on it in good light, you’ll see he has chains on him. Pretty cool. Incidentally, there was a flap recently something about a Post Office that wouldn’t put In God we trust on something. Well, their Irving Berlin stamp has God Bless America on it so I guess they have us licked there #3 Just came up. I make typos in the Ahsowhat a lot. Don’t rent a safe deposit box to save them until they’re worth millions – won’t happen; but a stamp error? Now that’s another matter. Did you know you can go down to your local Post Office and buy a stamp with a mistake? I pointed it out to the giggly clerks at my local stamp joint and they – giggled. It’s the Harry S Truman stamp. Big error on it. It’s been around for a while. I can’t believe I’m the only one who’s spotted it. Might be worth some money some day.

 

Personal Profiles: I think are pretty much kaput. I think I’ve profiled everyone who’s willing to be profiled. I’ll keep asking new subscribers tho’ and we’ll see how it goes. I suppose I could rerun updated ones.

 

NEW! Bob Coolbeth-McCoy has agreed to write a monthly column if I don’t bug him about deadlines – why should I? I never pay any attention to them – Bob should add some class to the raggedy Ahsowhat. I’m glad about that; I’ve started to get fond of this thing I started 8 years ago basically ‘cuz nobody wanted it and I thought I could annoy people by cranking it out anyway,.